Get to grips with operating highly specialised equipment such as the Shaderware virtual reality x-ray laboratory. Study the science that underpins effective diagnosis. Develop strong inter-professional and interpersonal skills.

The course has a strong practical focus, incorporating evidence-based learning, simulations and placements throughout. You'll engage with patients, clinical radiographers and other healthcare professionals on placements, in class and online.

You'll spend about half the course on clinical work placements in the NHS and private healthcare organisations. There's also the chance to develop and apply your skills working abroad.

Where can it take me?

Diagnostic radiographers are in demand, with exciting career opportunities for graduates in the NHS and private radiography departments in the UK and worldwide.

You can also develop a specialism by studying a master's in a field such as ultrasound, nuclear medicine or radiotherapy.

The University continually enhances our offer by responding to feedback from our students and other stakeholders, ensuring the curriculum is kept up to date and our graduates are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need for the real world. This may result in changes to the course. If changes to your course are approved, we will inform you.

Learning and Teaching

We use a mix of lectures, practical sessions, experiments, student-led seminars, e-learning, guided self-study and problem-based learning, using scenarios and case studies, to develop your understanding and skills

Develop a solid foundation in imaging science, and apply that knowledge to new technologies and procedures.

Study professional practice theory, and explore ethical, legal and professional principles, role development and employability.

Learn with other professional groups to develop your inter-professional relationships and collaboration skills.

Go on clinical placements, building on the complexity of imaging to prepare you for practice.

Research is integral to the course and will help with your future professional development as a radiographer.

Like all radiography students, you'll be allocated one of the radiography lecturers as your personal tutor.

Professional accreditation

The course is also approved by the Society and College of Radiographers.

Placements

You'll go on a variety of placements to increase your experience, help you become more adaptable, and develop your professional skills, health industry knowledge and network. The variety of clinical placements you'll experience will make you highly employable.

We have excellent links with hospitals and private healthcare organisations. You'll spend half the course applying your knowledge and building your professional skills on a number of different placements.

We offer variety of work environments to choose from, so you can find a location that suits you.

International opportunities

Add international experience to your degree, by going on a five-week pre-qualifying placement abroad during your final year, or going for a place on the Work The World programme.

Study facilities

Benefit from our highly specialist facilities, including our Skills Simulation Suite, to support you in your studies.

Explore the use and production of x-rays, and develop positioning and patient-related skills, using the latest radiography and digital radiography and processing equipment.

Practise procedures and experience changing factors as they'd look on a real patient using Shaderware technology.

Access a huge selection of books, journals and audio-visual materials, including specialist health and social care databases, in our Glenside Campus library, one of the best healthcare libraries in England.

Careers / Further study

Diagnostic radiographers are in demand, with exciting career opportunities for graduates in the UK and worldwide. Our students go on to work in the hospitals within the region and also work nationally and internationally.

Most of our graduates find positions in the diagnostic imaging departments of NHS Trusts. Others go into private healthcare providers or work in field hospitals for the forces.

You could also do a master's and specialise further in an area such as ultrasound, nuclear medicine or radiotherapy.

Get inspired

Our award-winning careers service will develop your employment potential through career coaching and find you graduate jobs, placements and global opportunities.

We can also help find local volunteering and community opportunities, provide support for entrepreneurial activity and get you access to employer events.

Visit our employability pages to learn more about careers, employers and what our students are doing six months after graduating.

Typical offers

Tariff points: 120

GCSE: For all applicants, a minimum of five subjects at grade C/4 or above to include English Language, Mathematics and Double Science (or two separate sciences), or equivalent. Please note the University does not accept Level 2 Key Skills, Functional Skills or Certificates in Adult Numeracy and Literacy as suitable alternatives to GCSEs.

A-level subjects: Grade C or above in a science subject. You can include points from A-Level General Studies and AS-Level subjects (not taken onto full A-Level) towards overall tariff. You must have at least two A-Levels.

Applicants with other science subject that have a strong academic profile will be considered on an individual basis. For further advice on acceptable science subjects please email Admissions@uwe.ac.uk

EDEXCEL (BTEC) Diploma: To include six units in a science subject.

Access: Achievement of the Access to HE Diploma; to include 30 level 3 credits at merit, of which 15 credits must be in a Science related subject.

Baccalaureate IB: A minimum grade of 5 in a higher level science subject

Entry requirements

Please note we do not accept deferred entry applications for this course.

We require evidence of recent assessed academic study within the last three years.

We recognise the individual nature of each application and our typical offer should be viewed as a guide. UWE Bristol welcomes interest from applicants who may not have the standard entry requirements. We will consider evidence of your relevant personal, professional or educational experience where it demonstrates an ability and potential to succeed on the course. Please include details of any relevant experience in your application. However, you still need to meet the GCSE English, Maths and Science requirements, and should have evidence of recent study in a science/health-related subject area recognised as equivalent academic level by the University.

If you don't meet the entry requirements of this course, you may be eligible for Foundation year entry into this or other related degree courses.

Recruitment for this course is informed by Health Education England's Values Based Recruitment Framework. The purpose of this framework is to ensure that we recruit students whose individual values and behaviours align with the values of the NHS Constitution.

Additional Selection Criteria

As well as meeting the academic entry requirements, applicants should meet the following selection criteria:

Health assessment/declaration/vaccinations

You must be in good health and up to date with your routine immunisations eg tetanus, diphtheria, polio and MMR. If you are offered a place, you will be required to complete a questionnaire and must be prepared to undergo a medical examination. You will also be required to confirm your status in respect of a number of infectious diseases and immunisations (tuberculosis, measles, mumps, rubella, chicken pox, varicella, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV antibodies) and be prepared to have all required vaccinations. If your vaccinations are not up to date this will affect your ability to continue on your course. If you have any concerns with regards to vaccinations please raise this at the point of application.

Disclosure of Criminal Background

The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 does not apply and all convictions, including those which are spent, must be disclosed. This is in accordance with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. If you are offered a place, you must undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and will be required to complete a Disclosure Application Form. All information will be treated in confidence and only taken into account when absolutely necessary.

Selection Event

If shortlisted, you will be invited to a selection event where you will be required to complete a 30-minute written task relating to the skills and attributes required for the profession. You will also have an individual interview which will last approximately 15 minutes. The interview panel will consist of representatives from academic/clinical staff and service users. If you score well on both elements, you will be offered a place.

Prior to starting the course you will need to undertake a visit to a hospital's x-ray/diagnostic imaging/radiology department (particularly general radiography) to shadow and observe a radiographer in their day-to-day work. This will help you gain experience and insight of what it is like to work as a radiographer from behind the scenes and to know what the profession entails. It is not always possible to attend a clinical visit prior to application/interview, this will not disadvantage you.

However, if you have managed to arrange a clinical visit, or have already been on a clinical visit, please download our Clinical Visit Report Form.

Completing the Application Form

We will be looking for applicants committed to a career in radiography. You should clearly demonstrate in the 'personal statement' section of the application form: your motivation and enthusiasm for a career in radiography; that you have good interpersonal skills; any IT experience; relevant work experience that you have gained to date; what you saw and liked when you visited a x-ray/diagnostic imaging/radiology Department.

Offer Types

If you have not received your exam results, your offer from us will be conditional and will be subject to you achieving the tariff points/grades required for your course.

If you have already satisfied the academic entry requirements of your chosen course, you are likely to be made an unconditional offer. Please note that we will only make unconditional offers if you have already achieved your qualifications.

To make sure our applicants are academically prepared for when they start their studies here, we do not make unconditional offers to those that are still studying their Level 3 qualifications (such as A-levels, BTEC, Access or equivalent). We hope that this will encourage our applicants to value their academic achievements as much as we do.

How to apply

UCAS Application Deadline: The initial deadline for UCAS applications is 15th January each year. It is likely we will still consider applications submitted after this date but it may not always be possible for our most selective courses.

UCAS Extra: We welcome applications through UCAS Extra for this course between 25 February and 4 July 2019. We aim to give you a response to your application within 21 days.